Spinal Cord Injury in Postearthquake Haiti: Lessons Learned and Future Needs

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Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 695-697

  Burns, Anthony S ^a   O'Connell, Colleen ^b   Landry, Michel D ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Healing Hands for Haiti/Team Canada Healing Hands   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY CATHETER; VOLUNTEER;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTERS; HAITI; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77955630264     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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